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Show J5 rtr?T OH3X umm A wmm )f r i: t Millie excavating In a house ? at the workmen recently : -- fucrniw1 as they grow. 1 i OF VENUS, heautlful painting, to which the title "Venus at Her Toilette has been who given by Italian connoisseurs have made a careful examination of it They say that It certainly represents the Goddess of Love arraying herself In the morning, and that around her are her attendants and female slaves. This painting is a fresco, and the house In which It was found belonged formerly ta Marcus Lucretlds; Pronto, who during hi Jlfe.wps evidently ope of the most prominent men in Pom-pel- l. In the six Urge room, all of which wftre elaborately furelsh- addeeor ted. ' Besides this fresco another one quite equal to It in beauty nd representing the punishment of Neoptolfemus was also found.- - Near them-weTdiscovered several? minor . as other relief of a.well paintings, f .alue. At-a- . little dls- " considerable fnhee were "unearthed. the skeletons of on ft 'of ? them held wlx men;J and, nwae filled with pieces ' .(tightly-- a large of money, the 'gasomptloq la that they were burglars, whq had taken advan-- . tags of the cdhsteraaflon'ln the city to . rash Into" this wealthy' mans house, overend who, had themselves-bee- n taken by the destroying Are before to.-.- -, 4 they could escape.: New , sptjciijJ plani from the Congo are (rftpMty bsofmiftg, popular in Hf to ftMs more Europe. admired thaft'lh chi a urns, which species of palm that grows in IU is notable for the Ogoue region fact that in a wild state it remains a low shrub for several years, then suddenly develops and, attaching Itself to a tree near it, pitth ygrtelrtj to its summit. Its wood is in much demand in the Congo, long straight canes, which are used for various purpose, being fashioned from it Anoth poplapalm tr.ee la the ire 1 A t I--. - JCXJ$TRS. . .. : , l., dtlM,.Thst 1 any country in which more natural curiosities are to be found than in our neighbor, MexiThere la harder co. One. reason da because-- vegetation there is very luxuriant, and there are - , ; CONGO c LANfS, , jr,. t used required-.- - f - Daager- C ... B4rmUdd. . asly Apropos of the recent Alpine .disasters ta Switzerland, it la worth noUng Sin Run Hss Bn : that the mountain ialled ' the Rochet de la Clusette la likely to topple over Into the bnay valley of Travers at any moment The valley of Travers Ilea In the Jura mountains- - and through It railway. Down rona the the River rushes also narrow Its gorge le Reuse, a small stream la winter, hut a swollen torrent when the warm summer sunshine melts the mountain anowL The valley ie Just about wide enough for the river and the railroad la some places, and In others It opens out go that small cities lie in the embrace of the hill and struggle up their Jura-Slmpl- sides. Here and tnere arehotels much patronised by tourists, and many schools for girls are scattered through the valley.. Into this valley may fall at any time s great mass of the mountain, estimated to amount to 13,500,000of euble feet of rock.- - Close to the foot the mountain lie the quaint little cities . of Nolragne." Le Fucil .Clusette and buried Champ da Moulin, whlcB will be Is deep when the mountain falls, and it do bo. to it time for of a question only mounExperts who have examined the remain tain declare that It, cannot much longer In the present state of unstable equilibrium." Precisely when the mountain, will fall the .scientists are not able to say- - Dry weather will tend to retard the catastrophe; wet weather yrill hasten 1L When the land- slide doe take place, not' only will the debris and alley be filled with the - r 6tatrfng he - Eprt-Worth- , mut-tlfarlo- qs 1 ' a - Puts Out Candle with tl yiiijiard Ball. f. )i t l.liM ' I ( tinct force. not oijj'. ljw aa T" r . ) ' ,t An With (entirely; new performance pOdoeoccus Sea nils hua! which growp in the Lower ' Congo ''region nswihft cud iad billiard ball has been .given hank bt tlsVFernin-Ya- z. !lt 1 by the famous billiard player, Jtobert dwarf and, .quite rare, 'La' leave are de Bremont, and has evoked a great soft and. whlje the, tree if ypung Ahoy, dal of Applause from billiard enthu-slaatf- tthe remain unbroken, but as Boon, trbe "reaches its fiilt height fissures appear Hr them. " One tree was grorwu from seed In France ! and Is now" attracting so much' attention (hat several more . seeds -- .have been ordered from the Congo. j The tree known as musanga Smithl! groVa'inalnij bli the western coast t the Congo, and Is one of the most use- -' fql trees la that Country. Its growth' is extremely ' rapid and its wood, ts very light Its leaves, too, Tire quite large, bid;' curiously 'ehodgh, they do notfurnl8h much shade, and for this reason the tree is grown a good deal on plantitkras 6f coffee and cocoa, where only a limited amount of shade leaves are. bright , green, - with red possible, to find elsewhere-- Such a' curloeity 1 the. bridge of etna, and are of a goodly slzi Eurohave no living vine, which la shown la! ihe pean gardeners say that they gMk of last-yea- J S&STTiftsTFn1:- dn " MOUNTAIN MAY TOPPLE." . riiwllwi down hla bole, but prevented from doby a large oyster that had hold of hla talL . ! The rats tail Jbad happened to enter, between the sheygof tfcd pjster as the former was prowling about for food, and the sheila immediately closed and held him fast. Then his ratshlp jump-.- . -- ftrnrr- V Church but U the sffalrsAtAhs North'pounds of printed west His exceptional powers were al, .Nt'arly matter! designed for general disseml-nallopready evident over forty years ago, when" he left' ft comfortable pariah In shipped In one taonth by publiahen nt the rat of ft New York' State to gQfo ptfeago and cent 's pouhiTat ibe .hundred largest undertake the arduous task of building for- vruiktng people United up n'free-charch'poettfffiee ln-tand young men In the business portion lug froui.lJ'w Fork at the top" to -TeA,.at 'the foot, :the total of the city,'" The story of how he woa .amount of 6iuhj!hlt'iueuti having ilsen the support of the railroefi employes from. ' 206,000.000 pounds In 189G to and built up his unique church is on 450,000.000' In 19(Mh These shipments of the most noteworthy in the religious annals of Chicago. of printed matter, collected and transIt was while engaged In this work mitted by the postofiice department, constitute a very fair gauge jut the dis- that he was elevated to the episcopate. tributing points pf news and literature Among the most important of bis activities as Bishop of MinIn the United Stitea. and tlTe relatioiv ablch'they bfeaj'to'each other ts pe- nesota was that of founding the group of schpols at Faribault. Hla work tor culiar and hasllUte reference' to poputhe advancement of education was lation.; : . . New York stands at the bead with 25 qoye fban, per cent tof ,thft Whole shipments! pf the conn try.; Chicle follow flth',bputtw-o-tblrdof -- the shipments of NfW York. ..Then folio jSU I !, Phlladelphl and Boston. In the order named, Bostons ; shipments jlark 'rP w His strong had won and., grinning friends- - on two continents, and had made him for a half, g.xijyjry s dis- rat 'frantically attempting to get Its wood la much by the natives for th epu rp o&e "of mailftg'rafta. M. J. Dybowskf, director ' of the Colonial. Garden at Vincennes, say that he hag seen specimens. oo.a plantation at Gabon- which were eighty feet Id height, though they were only four,.? ears old. The leaves of treesThat have attained such ' heiglrt are eighty centimetres in diameter and are very ornamental, being of a beautiful green' on the upper ide and of s brick red beneath. .The prasaaga Is Indeed a most attractive And 6ne to which French horti' tree. X CURIOUS BRIDGE. culturists are now giving special r. wide atr etches 61 lattd on which grass, fanderlfornln benth' (also Flcua ghrubs and trees are allowed to 'grow A nnohecked. person t , traveling known as ficus pandurata) la another through inch a -- region " frequently very ornamental tree,' It. alsft grows come across some freak of nature rapidly, attaining a height of four feet 'which It would be difficult, if not Im- when only eight months - old. Its irrmir- I ,v tow' Whipple. -- ing so la rrrr ' INTELLIGENCE. T rriM t$!000,000 z, -- wennnwriwi. op rirI.f4 l 4 t years- ; honqrs.rand good Wcrka,,Budu(k' lleury B, Whipple of Minnesota died at Ala home In Fplt-a- -- J" v of Swftcp " ZteatA tftid leftg'atfbI- - ttilgSt hoVew. yo an' w iiamco speckled horse;.' an1' bb' a weHln frqund with there big t a, ,V tPcbpfcand 'Antonio Gomei at Last From Tevil's Island., , tl" Released -- w a' 1 rave. - le e ' MlC ? 1 5 tousle : I li. QUEER NEW PLANTS PlCTtRE V e- FROM CONGO. l-- t . J tii ; After forty-thre- e fitaf' years' trouble in growing this tree, sine eontiuement at. Devils island, Antonio , Nourishes Jria..hot hops andean, safe-teftfpaflifiiiitomft a free lyC hi'pucdd vfAit'the "tg&h "'ground Htf man and again entera upon lift, J,n jhfl. '. summer. French republic. Hi release reveal x- a page of history upon which Hj.wrtt-te- n the conspiracy to assassinate jSii; . This Ret,Caught by poleon III. and. Empress ESgenle on the evening of ThttiVit: - VU! U-- l l&ft. It reveals the hitherto unsuspected e rears la the ' v presence for twenty-ninof creature army 0f the lurflui gWe of Captain u dafai'r ff ih nnijiit Carlo de RudiOtlhe accomplice pf.Go-mehod oysters' the slowest! It Count Felice Orsinl and Cppialn fore, surprising to learn that an oyater recently eaiptht a' ret. , This happened Guiksppe Andrea ft err 1 tA'tlyejrittcmpt In the shsg of a Hahmongcr TlA "lat to re mdve'tb' ehipetoi'. Da Riuila, performed the unparalleled exploit rfiniafr fwAisi rv.diL ,8ian j ,fc. , : n. x ;. 4: 1 fHe served ftvith'flrs'Unction through the if ai civil war and retired several n jSts ago, with the rank of captain. Today hi la ft resident of San Francisco. Of all the' actors in the tragedy in which i Gome was a conspirator only three, fare ..living the! Empress Eu ; political genie; exile, piling her IIE lOYSTER TRAP- -6 f but daa In & Chune. v.vrho, England; ter who live' above hi ar store wa rnjte Monte iCrlJto,,h!i come life, wakened one- ilglit $f jJli4topisblng : and 'Carlo" de Hudla, wliose. lp daring J racket" going on beneath him.'' .flight Is now knows for the flrat tlrae. t bought Jtnvlar. were, trying to " cauhi J k 7TN tetbloft ExpodM. i I info'll Itore! When he break It waa de Rudlo who revealed f,the tiously entered with a light he could eons pi racy to kill the .emperor. Turnnoise-rnospe npthipg. pausual. Thq mixed i4llJaqaeallfifwai proceeding ing njeror,a:evhlflit. against bis corner. fhere he found soomplices, he told in the Couj-- t of from a It hi in a picture. (MfSsr wood, and around it on ill ftlde tb hruha, of. viof 5, , kind, icV : and ? strong, form nqtur,J oadjl wr over a stream add are so flrtuly ktH'ured'on either a. sidethat a passenger Jnay avail him; eelf of tfteiu WthoUt fish U has.,U course, taken limftto produce a bridge of this kind, but unlike other fridges, this one instead of growing weakgr very year . grow stronger. ter ihe vines streugth and T . ai(e alije JVwVni tenacity I 1 choked Reuse will Dally Mail. v up. London William 'Tull.' , He performs H on v Any ordinary billiard table, upon which a lighted, candle hat been TO . 1 : - of 6a-nin-es. 1-- Imblfiou apology. Two gentlemen had attended a temperance meeting, and, returning home by a dark and narrow lane, had 'beea thrown out of their conveyance The Incident was reported In the local paper, and the account closed with the words; Fortunately both men were sober." The editor received an angry letter from one of the gentlemen concerned, with a request for an apology. Ha was equal to the occasion. In our account of the unfortunate accident to Messrs. wrote the editor, we much valuable property be destroyed and probably lives lost but the River stated that, fortunately! both men werft t -- ti - ages. . Both 6rsiniand Piorri were born By bitting a ball with his cue ball, and being, fl'ft principals he send! "the. former over the flame, conspirator In ths cOnsjdrfcy sga u fapoleon III. describing an arc. Jhe holder or canaccord. ng-ldle is not touched by the ball, but It received tbclr punishments Gomez was the devoted alet of f motion extinguishes the light. Count Orsinl,' and as' his master willj i ? " ? of ,CIvUlmtlOB, ed so the.servant elected. Ills libera Advantage tion aftey forty-thre- e yenrs of penal I presume you appreciate the ad IftntaieS jotttkiive from being asslml; servitude flnthe, Wand nude, famous the Dreyfus captivity ft a remark: lated by a civilized country," said th by able instance of human endurance, ; interviewer to the Sultan of Bazoo T Island. .Yes, Indeed," assented his f , Sorry lie Fainted )IUM. majesty. Why, I got $1,000 damages of A Bangor (Me.ft correspondent because of Injuries sustained by swallowing. the false teeth of the last mis- th New York Sun says: "The costsionary, we put; ; In the,"royal con- liest Job of house painting on .record ' hereabouts Is reported by Northeast somme. Baltimore American. HaVbor man, who lost w fortune through his anxiety to make improvesober. It appears this ha given great ment Upon his residence and his poor offense. We therefore beg to withdraw opinion of Northeast Harbors it." Literary World. v.w , . In 1SS3 this man concluded that . bis house, then., white, would look a x XV, , Soke the Doctor, great deal better if painted, a sort of known eanary'-colo- r, with pea green trim- -' local surgeon the other day for ex mlngg. He hadn't the money to pay a ml nation and diagnosis of his case. for the paint or the work, but he bad The doctor made a careful Investiga- plenty of land, being, in fact, land tion, and arrived nt the conclusion that poor. To from Ellsworth the the man waa suffering from a cancer Northeast Harbor man said; , 'Here, of the stomach and that it waa not JimL I need $30 the worst way; now, capable of operation," He waa unde- you give me the fifty and Ill give you cided whether or not to tell him hi ft deed to that pasture lot down there condition; when the Irishman asked. to the shore. And Jim said, after Do know the trouble dockterT" some jou .Inspection 'of the thoughtful "I do," the physician replied. "I fear land: 'Well, John, bein' Its you, n you hav cancer of the stomach." you want the money, an Its a that no? And can ya cache Tm bit o pastur well, heres your afraid not, Hal", the patient laughed, an' money, git the deed. So the paspicked up bin hat and went away. . He tur lot hands. The white changed thought he had a good Joke on the sur- house was what the neighbors painted geon. described as 'light yaller. Summer came and Northeast Harbor visitors, ' 1" , Friendly Adrien. began to hump Itself and get rich. The Ha was a great bore, and was talk man who got the pasture. lot sold a lng to a crowd about the coming local half Interest In It to another Ellsworth election- .- Said he; . Gibs is a good man for $1,250, and then, not long man; he Is capable, honest, fearless, afterward, the two got $2 500 to bind and conscientious. ; He will make the ftn option on the land at the price of very kind of representative we need. $10,000, the deposit to be forfeited In He once saved my life from drowning" Of no sale. .There was po sal Do you really want to see Gibbs and the owners of, the land pocketed elected? said a solemn-face- d old man. the $2,500, summer they sold "X do, indeed. Id give anything to quarter of Last the land for $?,500 to ft see 'him elected," answered, the bora New York man, who built ft fine cot-te- g Then never let anybody know he there,' and today they are asking saved your life," counseled the solemn$25,000 for the Remaining three-quart!, faced man. London The man who painted his house ftt this great cost safs that th sad sea - , lilfyejto Kit Popular! 'aves ere positively gay compared Records are almost daily broken, bat Flth him. Over $30,000 for paintin the sale and use of wheels steadily de- teat ramshackle of a house, he exclines. Nwr York World. . claimed. Now, if Id had more sense placed.,- y. - " " 1 . p'ro-pect- '. Dog Swinmlag Baea, A dog swimming race was the feat-ure.a day'a sport on the SL Ch tries river, near Boston, a few days ago, and, despite the fact that Tlghe, a ferocious bulldog was urged on to victory by having a kitten he waa not fond of cats held" In; front of him While he swam, Bruno, a smooth-coate- d collie, is still the champion swimmer among the upper set of Boston The race was over a course Of 80ff yards for ISO, a side, and Bruno won by 13. 5 seconds. Much Interest was created by thft novel contest, and it waa witnessed by. hundreds Of persona from Farrells bathhouse, near West Boston bridge. Many bets were made on the race, with the bulldog as favorite. - The "dope tin the stronger animal teemed bad, however, and his followers lost heavily. Neither dog seemed to be exhausted by ths swim, and there Is now talk of another match between the same dogs for a mil for ! n big stake. . ' THE WILLIAM TELL. Mr.' Bremont calls this trick the ASSASSINATE POLEON. (In which lOl persons werT'killed ) I ! V f Assizes of the Sole bow Thef plot had Engbeen hatched in" fl'rinlPFham. Tui, Cupia U land .by Alpunt Oivlni Tterrtr 'hemriwe bomb Intended to become the instruments of the emperors death sere manufa tured in Birmingham by a gunsmith named Btarnard. .hb jled t46 to trial qf Ahe pnwmeiB.'andj hatlcg been! the liyrircntjo nf the conspirators. Although the plot' was unsuccessful lu terminating the- Jiff of fte emperor and empress, yet it resulted In the death of 102 persons and thousands of dollars worth of damATTEMPT ttr 'Is -- ' er Tit-Bits- -?- a. con-idab- le ( ) seeming unduly Jow and then Kansas City, Cincinnati and Augutrta, Me.i the khipmeDts 'of Augusta Seetnlng unduly' San Frfcncisco, high.'1 Minneapolis, Pittsburg, Detroit, St Paul, Cleveland and Milwaukee follow all of them ! minor but populous citlee-an- d then ome Springfield Ohio add Elgin, ill., two small places, Springfield being notable on accouut cf its output of agricultural machinery, and Elgin on account of its Inanufacture of watches nd its shlpmonta of condensed milk, UsUiiiiore 'comf'nex.t.'tlun rmr, Omaha, Dus JloineS, Atlanta, Lincoln, Nathvllle, 'LouLvUle, Indianapolis and Wathiftgton! Bangor, Me., exceeds Buffalo; Dallas,' Tex, exceeds New Orleans, Brooklyn has shipments little larger than those of Watervllle, Me., and Rochester, N. Y., Williamsport, Tex., and Memphis, Tenn., have about the earns shipments. Albany, N. Y., and Providence, R. L, are far down on the list. Newark, N, J., Is still further down, and Charleston, 8. C.. ranks below Racind, Wis.f It would take 0 postal cars, It is estimated, to carry these second class mall matter shipments, BISHOP WHIPfLE.. . , comprehensive and untirlng. For more than a quarter of a century he was one of the trustees of the Peabody fund for educational --work in the. south. But the thing for which Bishop Whipple wilt be longest remembered5 ts his friendship and aid, tor th Indians of the northwest. None will mourn his death more sincerely than the men. , He not only spent much of lit time among the Sioux, Chlppewas, and other tribes hut he won and held their esteem, throughout his life. Though he qounted maqy distinguished men and women of America and .Europe among hi warm friends, some of the most eloquent tributes in his interesting autobiography,' published two years ago, were paid to bis loyal Blends among rd the InA Lis hop Whipple probably did more than any other one man to settle the Indian question in th northwest. He was Intrusted with numerous commissions by the government for the making of tribal treaties, and tn exercised a powerful Influence In putting an end to the Indian agency frauds. The same absolute vrutii fulness, justice, and human sympathy, which made him successful among the red men were among his greatest qualities In all other relations of life. -- . 25c-00- - ' , jNejrt American Princes. The next American princess will 1 be a Chicago girl. Mr. Charles J, Singer, In a letter to his brother. Arthur of 2520 Indiana avenue, that How to Oslo riaok. "Much and valuable 1 th advice city, confirms the cable reports of the daughter. Miss givfn on ;how la get jid of flesh, but engagement pf ftls Prinee-Jo- hn Ghlka, tio tellTue how to acquire reasonable amount,". Inquires a reader. I have Rounmanlan attache. at Constantino. good health but slight appetite and ple, and the son of the Roumanian Mis to minister Singer first Turkey, 110 weigh only pounds, when I ought met Prince Ghlka at the ball given by to weigh 135 at the very; least UnMr. Lelshman, fortunately 1 am not fond of sweets, the American consul, The singer wera staying at Conand they do not agree with me." Th are still there, having. experience of bn young' woman may stantinople, and from ben sailing for America,, kept serve as a bint She was much too slender to satisfy her artistic , ideals, so a they had arranged, by Miss Singers consulted the family phystclan. This Is what he prescribed: Every hour from ureakfast to dinner that la, from I to $ oclock she was to eat ft banana and drink a cup of milk. The "hard and fast rule laid down was that hothlngTse shouId be' eaten, and when the regimen. was strictly adhered to tbete was no appetite t for anything else. There are few conditions, however, under which any regulation mm be carried out at all times, ear that the divergencies were frequent, but, whenever possible, the banana and milk diet was faithfully followed, with th result that in three weeks the young woman haa added six pounds to her weight t That Is sufficiently simple to be worth trying, unless those article of food disagree with one decidedly. Borne claim that bananas are un healthful, but certainly the people who live " HAZEL SINGER. upon them almost exclusively In th countries where they grow do not find attack of fever. Her health is recovMilwaukee Wisconsin. them ered, and, as the family spends a few t , c , weeks In Chicago each year. It It likely Mis Singer will be In Chicago again Dogs aad tMli before her wedding to Prince Ghlka " Cardinal Pedro Gonzales, wbo was n take place pious pjaiJ and believed In the gospel of peace! one noticed that a priest In Woman re a Hatloon. bis drain carried a weapon under hi Archduke Leopold Salvator, The cjosk. Whereupon the cardinal re- Who is considerably Interested In aeroproved him, saying that ft clerle should nautics, recently made an ascent in bis not carry arms. True," answered th accompanied by his but I 1 carry , the balloonMeteqr, priest, humbly, wife and little daughter and to defend should myself weapon only Theresa of Bavaria. The asPrincess In that case," I be attacked V a dog. cent was made in Vienna at about 10 eald the cardlnrl, and If I saw a dog oclock In the morning, the Danub I running toward me, should begin to was crossed at about a height of 6,500 recite the gospel of John. "That," re- feet and the descent was safely accomturned the priest, would be a wise plished some three hours later zt thing. Indeed, but may It not be that In Berlin a permanent Interdo not undersome that are dogs there national commission has been formed stand Latin? to promote ballooning, both in th Interests of science and of sport. er, ' -- tupife Kor-nenbu- rg. |
